Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1785]
Call Number:
785.01.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, his second with American John Jeffries and the first flight over the English Channel
Alternative Title:
Premier passager aerien de la mer and Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
Description:
Title etched below image., Dedication etched above title: Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, Pensioné de Roi, Citoyen de Calais., "Avec Privilege du Roi"--Following imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Six lines of verse, signed "Basset" at the end, in two columns below title: Le Pécheur qui sur l'eau tenait son bras tendu ...
Publisher:
Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. and Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
Three West Indian washer women sit or stand in or near a stream. The one on land balances a basket of clean wash on her head and has a baby strapped to her back
Alternative Title:
West India washer-woman
Description:
Title from caption below image, in French and English., "This plate is dedicated to Sir John Frederick, Bart. by his most obliged and devoted servt. A. Brunias."--Dedication following title., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge, resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Printed on laid paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Chez Depeuille, rue St. Denis, la boutique attenant St. Jacques l'Hopital, No. 416 et au Palais Royal, au Pavillon près le bassin
Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the right; wearing a dress and cap over their hair, including a medal; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist based on companion print with the same title and imprint showing the sitter dressed as a woman., and Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
Portrait of d’Eon, nearly half-length, in profile to the left; wearing the full military garb of a Captain of the Dragoons, including epaulets and medals; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on sitter's age., and Print with foxing.
Publisher:
Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810,
BEIN Hfc31 333x: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Ownership inscription on title page: Ex libris N. Ferry., BEIN 1978 1593: Without cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 463, 493, 503, 551, and 567. Bookplate and autograph of Philibert Bruys des Gardes, 1769. Manuscript notes on pages 471, 481 and 534., BEIN 2020 749: Cancels at p. 185, 271, 315, 321, 449, 493, and 567. Ownership inscription (crossed out) on title page: Courelle avocat. Ownership inscription on front paste-down: Lefevre ce lundi 3. aout 1835. Copious contemporary manuscript notes, many identifying the characters described in the text. Later manuscript note on front paste-down., Signatures: ã¹² ẽ⁴ A-Aa¹² Bb⁸., and Title vignette: printer's mark.
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 85: Repaired with tape on verso. Folded and tipped into cardboard folder (21 x 14 cm) with title: Nouvelle chronologie des grands hommes de la Grèce. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Uncut sheet of 25 numbered game cards and a publisher vignette, with the title across the top., "Fabrique un assortiment d'images, jeux instructifs et amusans, à l'usage de la jeunesse et jeux de Société"--Publisher vignette., and On each of the cards are three portraits of historical or mythical figures of the classical Greek period, with explanatory text printed below.
Publisher:
Delion, Rue Copeaux, N°. 15, près le Jardin des Plantes
Grand jeu de l'histoire romaine and Jeu de l'histoire des empereurs
Description:
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 92: Folded and tipped into cardboard folder (21 x 14 cm) with title: Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire romaine depuis Romulus jusqu'à Constantin. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Uncut sheet of 25 numbered game cards and a publisher vignette, with the title across the top., "Fabrique un assortiment d'images, jeux instructifs et amusans, à l'usage de la jeunesse et jeux de Société"--Publisher vignette., and On each of the cards are three portraits of historical and mythical figures from the classical Roman period, with explanatory text printed below.
Publisher:
Delion, Rue Copeaux, N.° 15, près le Jardin des Plantes
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Romulus, King of Rome. and Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.